If it makes them happy

Re: If it makes them happy

• Mizuiro007 member

  February 2016

  DS is obsessed with peekaboo even at 15 months and it's escalated to hide and seek. He also loves being startled. So I run around the apartment and hide, call him so he'll search, then jump out and startle him. He always squeals and giggles so hard. He also loves ketchup and dipping everything he can in it, his current favorite is green beans dipped in ketchup. Then the little piggies. He will put my hand on his toes so I'll do the little piggies over and over and over again.
  
  For DD the only mirror we have is over the bathroom sink. I'll hold her up lion king style so she can be face to face with her reflection to grin and chatter away.

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• Court11152325 member

  February 2016

  We bought the $270 mamaroo for DD last weekend. She looooooves to bounce. Maybe $270 isn't a big deal for some, but that's an expensive machine just to keep a baby happy! We put her in cheaper swings and bouncers and she was not interested! 
  
  I'm also getting really good at replacing her name and the word poop into popular songs to keep her happy while changing her! "Hello from Sybil Graaaaaace. You haven't seen a cuter faaaaace. I'm sorry that you pooped your paaaaants." 

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• pupsicle23 member

  February 2016 edited February 2016

  This is embarrassing, but one night we were watching a debate and decided that DD wouldn't support any of the candidates and would instead support The Boob.  We can almost always make her smile by clapping and chanting "Boob for president!" repeatedly

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• amye02 member

  February 2016

  @mhuber223 that's not as strange as an entire conversation about how to put The Boob in an Easter basket. He wouldn't appreciate a chocolate bunny...lol

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• 12815AEEA member

  February 2016

  This thread just made me crack up! I needed that at 5 am while pumping

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• chillmama1518 member

  February 2016

  @Court11152325Ooooh the songs about pooping! 

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• phillipsbr member

  February 2016

  We're wearing the blowdryer out! And my vacuum has never been used so much 

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• 12815AEEA member

  February 2016

  @phillipsbr There's an app for that

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• groovylocks member

  February 2016 edited February 2016

  Lisa Kudrow. 

  
  

  Seriously. 

  
  

  Lisa Kudrow's voice is magic. I'd invite her over to "see Olive" but i don't think I could afford her. So we have watched the entire Friends series on netflix. 

  
  

  Three times. 

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• amye02 member

  February 2016

  @groovylocks that's awesome,  she was in another show recently if you are sick of friends (I could never be sick of Friends but I'm weird). Maybe to Olive LK sounds like you?

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• groovylocks member

  February 2016

  amye02 said:

  @groovylocks that's awesome,  she was in another show recently if you are sick of friends (I could never be sick of Friends but I'm weird). Maybe to Olive LK sounds like you?

  Never thought of that before! I don't think we sound much alike but.. maybe it's possible. 

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• soccsm13 member

  February 2016

  Mizuiro007 said:

  DS is obsessed with peekaboo even at 15 months and it's escalated to hide and seek. He also loves being startled. So I run around the apartment and hide, call him so he'll search, then jump out and startle him. He always squeals and giggles so hard. He also loves ketchup and dipping everything he can in it, his current favorite is green beans dipped in ketchup. Then the little piggies. He will put my hand on his toes so I'll do the little piggies over and over and over again.
  
  For DD the only mirror we have is over the bathroom sink. I'll hold her up lion king style so she can be face to face with her reflection to grin and chatter away.

  My son is almost 3 and still loves hide and seek/us popping out and startling him! He can play for HOURS and laughs uncontrollably the whole time. And the little piggies lol

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• Mizuiro007 member

  February 2016

  Burp cloths.

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• esscapelle member

  February 2016

  DS could lay on the changing table all day and stare at the wall. I have a decorative wooden frame up there that I painted that has the letter L in it for his name and he is so mesmerized by it.

  
  
  
  
  
  

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• ksrkim member

  February 2016

  DS loves the changing table, especially when I sing to him. 

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• ATolentino89 member

  February 2016

  DS loves the changing table too because his light up blue star hangs on the wall above it. Best $10 bucks I have ever spent at ikea. 

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• celainev member

  February 2016

  Carlos LOVES staring at blank walls. It actually is starting to scare me that he can see ghosts or something.
  
  He also likes mirrors so he can stare at the blank wall behind him.

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• sassypants13 member

  February 2016

  Changing table, hands down. And bouncing on the exercise ball, much to mom and dad's dismay (our backs are in knots!).

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• sharonholck28 member

  February 2016

  My husband sometimes has to jog back and forth thru our room(we have a really small room too lol) she won't let me do that too. I'll have to bounce on the edge of our bed to keep her mellow sometimes. 

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• andreaAL11 member

  February 2016

  She loves specifically the lion on her mobile, not the elephant, and the butterfly on her tummy time mat!
  She also requires Mommy to walk up and down the stairs until she dozes off, and if I set her down before she's completely asleep we have to go through the whole process over again! Hopefully breastfeeding plus this work out will help me back to my original size in no time!!!!  

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• Mizuiro007 member

  February 2016

  @sassypants13 I wouldn't do it while holding baby but there's an exercise you can do with the ball that might help your back. Starting sitting on it; slowly walk your feet forward as you lean back until you're laying bridged with upper back supported by the ball, body parallel with the floor, knees bent 90 degrees and spread to about shoulder width. It's amazingly comfortable. Just hold it a few seconds and walk back up to sitting. It will help strengthen the muscles for posture and make sitting on the ball easier over time but also work out some kinks.

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• mrussello member

  February 2016

  Loves when I lay on my stomach next to him on his for tummy time. My c section incision is still sensitive but whatever it takes. 

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• dmendo01 member

  February 2016

  @Court11152325 my mamaroo will be here tomorrow and for the sitters sake I hope she loves it!

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• esscapelle member

  February 2016

  Currently sitting upright in bed while DS sleeps on my chest. He's got some
  nasty snot in his nose that I'm not getting out with the Nose Frida and he sleeps better (and his nasal passages clear) when he's more upright on me. If it makes him happy/whatever it takes to get him to sleep...

  
  
  
  
  
  

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• pupsicle23 member

  February 2016

  Itsy Bitsy Spider with hand motions. Gets a smile and a wiggle every time. 

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